Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in a Global Context

If, as a health care or social service provider, one was called upon to help someone who has experienced terror in the hands of a hostage taker, an irate and chronically abusive spouse or parent, or a has survived a motor vehicle accident, landslide, earthquake, hurricane or even a massive flood, wh...

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description If, as a health care or social service provider, one was called upon to help someone who has experienced terror in the hands of a hostage taker, an irate and chronically abusive spouse or parent, or a has survived a motor vehicle accident, landslide, earthquake, hurricane or even a massive flood, what would be one's priority response? What would be considered as the most pressing need of the individual requiring care? Whatever the answer to each of these questions, people who have experienced terror, suffer considerable psychological injury. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Global Context offers some answers to meet the needs of health care and socials service providers in all settings, whether in a hospital emergency room, at the war front, or natural disaster site. The take home message is, after providing emergency care, there is always a pressing need to provide mental health care to all victims of traumatic stress.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-654562024-04-05T12:36:00Z Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in a Global Context Ovuga, Emilio Neurosciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAN Neurosciences If, as a health care or social service provider, one was called upon to help someone who has experienced terror in the hands of a hostage taker, an irate and chronically abusive spouse or parent, or a has survived a motor vehicle accident, landslide, earthquake, hurricane or even a massive flood, what would be one's priority response? What would be considered as the most pressing need of the individual requiring care? Whatever the answer to each of these questions, people who have experienced terror, suffer considerable psychological injury. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a Global Context offers some answers to meet the needs of health care and socials service providers in all settings, whether in a hospital emergency room, at the war front, or natural disaster site. The take home message is, after providing emergency care, there is always a pressing need to provide mental health care to all victims of traumatic stress. 2021-04-20T15:17:45Z 2021-04-20T15:17:45Z 2012 book ONIX_20210420_9789533078250_813 9789533078250 9789535167051 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/65456 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/773/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/1281 10.5772/1281 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789533078250 9789535167051 IntechOpen 300 open access
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorders in a Global Context
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